Reading on a Rainy Day

This is a meme hosted at Reading at the Beach . To join, here's all you have to do: Go to your stack of books and find one whose title starts with the letter of the week. Post:     1~ a photo of the book     2~ title and synopsis     3~ link(amazon, barnes and noble etc.) The letter for this week is F. I chose The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews , which I read in November 2009. This was my first book by the author, and is quite a quick read at just 274 pages. I gave it 5 stars. This book is one of my favorites from last year. Here's a synopsis, from the back of the book: A novel that is at once hilarious and heartrending, The Flying Troutmans is about a family on the verge of spinning off its axles and a road trip that just may keep it together. When Hattie receives an SOS call in Paris from her eleven-year-old niece, the decision to return to Canada is slam-dunk easy, because she’s just been dumped by her boyfriend. But when...

This is a meme hosted at Reading at the Beach . To join, here's all you have to do: Go to your stack of books and find one whose title starts with the letter of the week. Post:     1~ a photo of the book     2~ title and synopsis     3~ link(amazon, barnes and noble etc.) The letter for this week is D. I chose Drawn in Blood by Andrea Kane , which I received as an ARC from the author and read in September 2009. This is actually the second book in the Sloane Burbank/Derek Parker series, but it can be read as a standalone too. I would still recommend reading the prequel first, Twisted , if only for understanding the relationship between Sloane and Derek better. I gave it 4 stars. Here's a synopsis, from the back of the book: Former FBI Special Agent Sloane Burbank has seen her share of danger. She's faced down a serial killer and survived life-threatening injuries... but she never expected that danger to invade the lives of her family......

This is a meme hosted at Reading at the Beach . To join, here's all you have to do: Go to your stack of books and find one whose title starts with the letter of the week. Post:     1~ a photo of the book     2~ title and synopsis     3~ link(amazon, barnes and noble etc.) The letter for this week is C . I chose Creepers by David Morrell , which I read in September 2009, and enjoyed quite a bit. Marce @ Tea Time with Marce was looking for a horror book capable of giving sleepless nights ::wink::, so I suggested her this book. Since the letter for this week is C , I thought I will post my review as well. I gave it 4 stars. (Note: I do not generally read horror, so this one might not be scary enough to the horror aficionados out there!) Here's a synopsis, from the back of the book: On a cold October night, five people gather in a run-down motel on the Jersey shore and begin preparations to break into the Paragon Hotel. Built in the glor...

This is a meme hosted at Reading at the Beach . To join, here's all you have to do: Go to your stack of books and find one whose title starts with the letter of the week. Post:     1~ a photo of the book     2~ title and synopsis     3~ link(amazon, barnes and noble etc.) It's been some time since I took part in this meme, so I thought I'll recommend a book I read last year. The letter for this week is B . I chose Blue Heaven by C.J. Box , which I read in November 2009, and enjoyed quite a bit, though some things did bother me. I gave it 4 stars. Here's a synopsis, from the back of the book: A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother go on the run in the woods of North Idaho, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder---four men who know exactly who William and Annie are, and who know exactly where their desperate mother is waiting for news of her children’s fate. Retired cops from Los Angeles, the killers easily pers...

This is a meme hosted at Reading at the Beach . To join, here's all you have to do: Go to your stack of books and find one whose title starts with the letter of the week. Post:     1~ a photo of the book     2~ title and synopsis     3~ link(amazon, barnes and noble etc.) The letter for this week is W . I chose Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen . I read this book in August 2009, and thoroughly enjoyed it, so much that I chose it as my top read for 2009. Here's a synopsis, from the back of the book: As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob, now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was there that he met Marlena, the beautiful equestria...